Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.

Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.

Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.

Peace and friendship are an amiable thing among men. They be so indeed, and we ought to seek them to the uttermost of our power. But yet for all that, we must set such store by God's truth, that if all the world should be set on fire for the maintenance thereof, we should not stick at it.

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

The whole gospel is contained in Christ.